|
print
TRENDS, NEWS and VIEWS
By editor: April, 2005
 |
||
 |
Archived NEWS, TRENDS and VIEWS » |
|
 |
||
Our quick (and unscientific) look at some of the trends and news
we find interesting and relevant.
2005 Spring Cocktail Trends, $100 for a bottle of beer, and the ½ bottle of wine….
Free Beer thanks to the new Pope? Airfare not included!
We never thought this column would have a reference to the Pope, but we found this story to good to pass up. It seems the Mayor of the small German town where the new Pope was born has included in his celebrations the declaration that all the residents will get FREE BEER to help celebrate the appointment of their native son as the new Pope.
We don't make this suff up - See the complete story at www.ananova.com »
$100 for a bottle of beer
We are all familiar with the concept that a bottle of wine can cost $100, but a bottle of beer?
The makers of “Sam Adams” – The Boston Beer Company - have produced a limited quantity of a beer call “Utopias”, which retails for $100 a bottle.
Limited, but strong. The 2003 collection is already in the Guinness Book of Records as the strongest beer in the world with an alcohol percentage of 25% by volume.
If you are interested you better act fast. The Boston Beer Company only brewed 8,000 bottles of this strong brew and they are already selling on eBay for over $300 each.
The Wall Street Journal describes the “Utopias” as “a stout with cognac aromas”. At that price be sure to share with a friend or two.
For more visit www.online.wsj.com ».
TRENDY COCKTAILS
From US Weekly
According to the US Weekly of April 10 th, one of the hot drinks is “Cuervo and Ginger” (Tequila and Ginger Ale).
Simply add 1 oz of Tequila to 2 or 3 oz’s of Ginger Ale and garnish with a lime wedge. Print the recipe »
The New York Times – predictions of trendy cocktails for Spring 2005
The highlights from a great column in “The New York Times”, called "Shaken and Stirred – It’s Spring. Line ’Em Up.”
|
||
|
Trendy Cocktail recipesclick for full recipe |
|
|
||
Gone like a closet sweep will be the brown ciders, spices and citruses of winter (for 2004 to 2005 kumquat was the new blood orange which was the new pomegranate) to make way in the liquor cabinet for the sorrel greens and rhubarb pinks of this spring.”
"Look for cocktails that will be brighter or lighter in color, less alcoholic and more casual and appropriate to outdoor drinking.”
“The grasshopper, a pastel "lady's cocktail" popular in the 1950's, is back”
"Accents for spring 2005 include hibiscus, lavender and thyme, what one cocktail couturier described as a collective industry consciousness to go "beyond mint." Anyone hitting a bar in the next month is more likely to feel like a daisy picker than a heavy drinker.”
"For spring there are pickled ramp martinis, a sorrel margarita, and rhubarb as a cosmopolitan. The squash juice drinks are now out of the picture.”
For the full article visit www.nytimes.com »
½ Bottle of Wine please
According to the Wall Street Journal ( April 1, 2005), “one of the hottest – and best- trends in restaurants these days is half bottles of wine”
“In the past five years, the number of half bottles on wine lists has more than doubled” says Ronn Wiegand, publisher of Restaurant Wine, a trade newsletter. “the trend began just as the economy soured, he says. “People traded down and began looking for higher quality wines in half bottles, and now the trend has become a fashion”.
